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Extended Squad Released for Brisbane Global Tens

20 Jan, 2018

The Fiji Rugby Union has today released the Extended Squad for the Brisbane Global Tens.   The Brisbane Global Tens will be held at the Suncorp Stadium on the 9 and 10 of February this year. FRU CEO John O’Connor highlighted that this was another pathway for our local players and he hoped all the

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Fiji Airways Men’s Team to Sydney and Hamilton 7s

18 Jan, 2018

Fiji Airways Men’s 7s Coach, Gareth Baber has named the team to the second leg of the 2017/2018 HSBC World 7s Series in Sydney and Hamilton. The side sees four changes to the team that played in Dubai and South Africa last year with Apisai Domolailai, Apenisa Cakaubalavu, Vatemo Ravouvou and John Stewart missing out

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Fiji Airways Women’s 7s Team to Sydney 7s

18 Jan, 2018

The Fiji Airways Fijiana Head Coach Iliesa Tanivula has today named a strong squad for the 2018 HSBC Women’s 7s World Series in Sydney. In a world first for the HSBC World Sevens Series, the women’s tournament will be completely integrated with the men’s and will be held across three days from 26 to 28

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Sevens Series Official Bidding Process Begins

17 Jan, 2018

The Fiji Rugby Union has today announced that the official tender process for a HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series leg has started.  This was confirmed by FRU CEO, Mr John O’Connor who received the tender documents from World Rugby late last year. The FRU has put together a Fiji for 7s task force team, led

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Uruguay and Chile complete Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 line-up

16 Jan, 2018

The line-up for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco is complete after Uruguay and Chile booked their places in the men’s competition via the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens Series. Both countries were in a strong position heading into the final leg of the series in Vina del Mar in Chile, following their performances at

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Simplified law book launched today

12 Jan, 2018

World Rugby’s ‘simplified law book’ launches today with the aim of enhancing accessibility and understanding without altering the laws themselves. The revolutionary law book, which can be accessed at laws.worldrugby.org and downloaded via the App store, is the product of almost two years’ work by a specialist group. The result is a law book that is more

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Rugby World Cup 2023 preparations begin in earnest

12 Jan, 2018

Planning for Rugby World Cup 2023 has begun in earnest with the first official coordination meetings between World Rugby and the Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) in Paris this week. Planning for Rugby World Cup 2023 has begun in earnest with the first official coordination meetings between World Rugby and the Fédération Française de Rugby

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Rugby World Cup 2019 official supporter tour package sales begin

08 Jan, 2018

January 2018 marks an exciting milestone for fans on the road to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan with the launch of official supporter tour package sales.With Asia’s first Rugby World Cup set to deliver a unique experience for fans, demand is expected to be high as 21 leading official travel agents begin their sales

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Costa Rica welcomed as World Rugby full member

12 Dec, 2017

World Rugby has welcomed the Federacion de Rugby de Costa Rica as a full member union, bringing the total number to 105 full members and 16 associates across six regions. With Rugby continuing to experience accelerated global growth as participation nears 9 million, South America has been at the forefront of the drive to attract

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Pools announced for HSBC Sydney Sevens

11 Dec, 2017

The pools for both the men’s and women’s HSBC Sydney Sevens have been announced. In the men’s, fresh from their win in Cape Town, New Zealand top Pool A and will face Fiji, Samoa and Russia. In Pool B, runners up from Cape Town Argentina will play France, Wales and Kenya. Reigning Sydney champions South

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